Fears: Chapter Eighteen

Danny's POV:

I landed the speeder directly in front of the medical facility, thankful that Frostbite was waiting for us. Sam and I were the only ones there so far.

"Follow me," he said. He led us inside and down the hall to a room. Sam laid Danielle down on the hospital bed.

"Hi, Danielle," Frostbite said.

"Hi."

"Sweetheart, I'm going to take a blood sample, alright?"

Danielle nodded and offered him her arm. I walked over and took Danielle's other hand. "Okay, Danielle, this will only hurt for a second. One. Two. Three." Frostbite injected the needle quickly. Danielle squinted her eyes shut and squeezed my hand.

"Hmm," Frostbite said, sounding a bit puzzled.

I looked over at him and I instantly knew why he was confused; Danielle had been in her human form when he'd taken the blood sample, but the liquid in the vial he was holding was a bright vibrant green. Ectoplasm.

"I'm going to go run some tests. I'll be back in a little bit."

He walked out and shut the door behind. "Just get some rest, Dani," I said, stroking her hair.

She closed her eyes and I looked at Sam. "Danny," she said, "I'm going to be here for you, no matter what those results say, okay?"

"I know, Sam."

"Now may not be the time to bring this up, but I told my parents..."

"About wanting to adopt Danielle?"

"Yeah..."

"And?"

"They think it's a great idea."

"Really?" I asked. Sure, Pamela and Jeremy liked me more now, but I had never thought they would be okay with Sam adopting my daughter.

Sam smiled, "Yes. They're anxious to meet her."

"That's great," I said, but my smiled faltered.

"Honey, Danielle is going to be fine."

I nodded, but leaned forward and rested my head in my hands. There was a knock on the door. "Come in," Sam called.

Kitty, Johnny, and Tucker walked in. "Anything yet?" Kitty asked.

"No," I mumbled.

They began to talk quietly, but I refused to look up or join the conversation. It had to have been at least another hour before Frostbite came in. Danielle was awake when he did.

"Well?" I asked, standing up.

"Her ghost half is stronger."

"Are you sure?" Danielle asked.

"Yes," he replied. "I've run multiple tests. You have more ghost DNA in than you do human."

"No! No, no, no!" she said, as tears pooled in her eyes and began to spill down her cheeks.

"You will be fine," he told her reassuringly.

"I don't care!" she sobbed, burying her face in her hands.

Frostbite stepped out of the room and shut the door. I wrapped my arm around Danielle's shoulder, "Honey, what's wrong?"

"I can't do this!" she wailed.

"Do what?"

"I don't want to lose my human half! I want to be normal!"

"Sweetheart, all that matters is that you'll be okay."

"No! Because you'll expect me to be just like you!" she shouted. "And then you'll hate me when I'm not!"

Everyone looked at her in complete shock and my jaw dropped. "I can't be you," she whispered.